Longlist
On June 12, for the first time in the three-year history of the award, the preliminary 40-album longlist was published.
- The Acorn, Glory Hope Mountain
- Attack in Black, Marriage
- Black Mountain, In the Future
- Born Ruffians, Red, Yellow & Blue
- Buck 65, Situation
- Basia Bulat, Oh, My Darling
- Cadence Weapon, Afterparty Babies
- Cancer Bats, Hail Destroyer
- Caribou, Andorra
- City and Colour, Bring Me Your Love
- Constantines, Kensington Heights
- Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
- Destroyer, Trouble in Dreams
- Fred Eaglesmith, Tinderbox
- Kathleen Edwards, Asking for Flowers
- Christine Fellows, Nevertheless
- Gatineau, Gatineau
- Hayden, In Field & Town
- Veda Hille, This Riot Life
- Hilotrons, Happymatic
- Holy Fuck, LP
- Islands, Arm's Way
- Karkwa, Le Volume du vent
- Corb Lund, Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!
- The New Pornographers, Challengers
- Pas Chic Chic, Au Contraire
- Sandro Perri, Tiny Mirrors
- Plants and Animals, Parc Avenue
- Ghislain Poirier, No Ground Under
- Protest the Hero, Fortress
- Justin Rutledge, Man Descending
- The Sadies, New Seasons
- Shad, The Old Prince
- Socalled, Ghetto Blaster
- Stars, In Our Bedroom After the War
- Tegan and Sara, The Con
- Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band, 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
- Two Hours Traffic, Little Jabs
- The Weakerthans, Reunion Tour
- Wintersleep, Welcome to the Night Sky
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